Mr. Stephen Stares reports

BENTON TRENCHING PROGRAM IN PROGRESS AT DOMINION PROJECT AND DISCOVERS NEW GOLD ZONE AT STONEY CALDERA

Benton Resources Inc. has completed multiple trenches on the Dominion project, exposing the Rickirb gold zone over an intermittent strike length of 210 metres, which remains open to the northeast and southwest. The zone is described as an intensely silica and carbonate altered quartz-feldspar porphyry hosted in an intense shear zone. Mineralization consists of significant quartz stockwork overprinted by shear-related veining, with individual veins reaching one metre in width. On average, the zone ranges from five m to 12 m in width, containing 2 to 10 per cent Pyrite with local higher concentrations. A total of 150-plus channel samples have been cut and sent for gold/ICP analysis, and further sampling is continuing.

Crews continue to trench, prospect, map and soil sample on a project scale with new targets being generated rapidly.

Channel results will be released when received and compiled.

Dominion project summary

The company acquired the Dominion Lake project in 2024 after a large parcel of land became available for staking, and has since accumulated a very large and prospective land position with many new discoveries in excellent geology.

Current target areas include:

• A new gold zone at Bear No. 3, with grab samples up to 10.8 grams per tonne gold, the Rickirb gold zone with grab samples up to 6.41 g/t Au returned from over 200 m of intermittent bedrock exposure;
• The Trinity base metal zone with surface samples returning assays up to 14.6 per cent zinc, 1.31 per cent lead, 2.53 per cent copper, 68.7 g/t Ag and 0.17 g/t Au;
• The Bear alteration zone is a broad, multitarget alteration zone with several base metal subcrop and float occurrences with associated geochemical and geophysical anomalies; at one location, historical drill hole BA-00-01 cut high-grade massive sulphides, assaying 6.90 per cent Zn, 8.90 per cent Pb, 0.68 per cent Cu and greater than 6.0 g/t Ag over 0.16 m (Kelmet Resources Ltd., 2001 assessment report, Newfoundland Department of Industry, Energy and Technology Geofile 012A-0998);
• Bear No. 2, where a high-grade float sample returned 19.2 per cent Zn, 0.09 per cent Cu, 2.26 per cent Pb, 80.9 g/t Ag and 2.27 g/t Au with an associated very low frequency anomaly to the immediate north;
• The Costigan Lake area, a zone of altered felsic volcanics with multiple VLF and AEM conductors; recent Benton prospecting returned float in the area assaying 1.25 per cent Zn and 10.7 g/t Ag;
• The big kahuna search continues with the massive sulphides located in the roadside; Bear No. 5 being identified as another large, massive sulphide boulder.

Stony caldera project update

Benton is also pleased to announce that it has identified a potential new gold horizon named the new Reid zone at its Stoney caldera copper-gold project located 10 km south of Pirate Gold's Moosehead/Crippleback project. Ten grab samples collected from an area of subcrop and angular boulders traced for over 600 m returned anomalous results from 82 parts per billion to 2,014 ppb (2.01 g/t) with 50 per cent grading greater than 500 parts per million (0.5 g/t). The company is planning immediate follow-up with geophysics, soil geochemistry, prospecting and trenching.

Great Burnt project update

The company would like to advise its shareholders that the planned spinout of the high-grade Great Burnt copper-gold project is well under way with financial carveouts, technical report update and listing documents in full swing. A further comprehensive update should be forthcoming in the next couple weeks.

Qualified person

Stephen House (PGeo), vice-president of exploration for Benton, the qualified person under National Instrument 43-101, has approved the scientific and technical disclosure in this news release and prepared or supervised its preparation.

Quality assurance/quality control protocols

Core and rock samples, including standards, blanks and duplicates, are submitted to Eastern Analytical Ltd., Springdale, Nfld., for preparation and analysis. All samples were acquired by saw-cut (channels/drill core) with one-half submitted for assay and one-half retained for reference, or hand (rocks) delivered, by Benton personnel, in sealed bags, to the Springdale lab of Eastern Analytical, which is an accredited assay lab that conforms to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025. Samples are analyzed using Eastern's gold (fire assay) at 30 grams plus ICP-34 method that delivers a 34-element package utilizing a 200-milligram subsample totally dissolved in four acids and analyzed by ICP-OES analytical technique. Overlimits are analyzed with Eastern's atomic absorption method, using a 0.200 g to 2.00 g of sample, digested with three acids. All reported assays are uncut. Eastern Analytical achieved ISO 17025 accreditation in February, 2014 (for more details on the scope of accreditation, visit the CALA website). Grab samples are selective in nature and may not represent the average mineralization of a bedrock exposure.

About Benton Resources Inc.

Benton Resources is a well-financed mineral exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol BEX. Benton has a diversified, highly prospective property portfolio and holds large equity positions in other mining companies that are advancing high-quality assets. Whenever possible, Benton retains net smelter return royalties with potential long-term cash flow.

Benton will focused its efforts on advancing its Dominion copper-zinc-gold project, Victoria West gold project, Stoney caldera copper-gold project and its various hydrogen-hellium projects on the west coast of Newfoundland.

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